He feels it now, the change of seasons. Summer temperatures spiral down to fall coolness by the beaches and trigger a twinge in the scar that lies never forgotten beneath his clothes.

He wonders if winter will be worse, imagines traveling back to Quantico in the chill of the East Coast, rethinks his plans to take Robin away on a long ski holiday for her Christmas and his Hanukkah present.

His hand skates over his shirt, feeling the slight unevenness beneath. He's becoming an old man now and it's making him feel the coming cold - in more ways than one.